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Summary: king's consecration
Review: well, i am not a big reader. but a friend to me give me insomnia to read... i didn't know king very well before.. i knew only the films like carrie ect... i read it and i so enjoy it than after i rode firestarter, carrie , rage, danse macabre (it's the french title, i don't know the english one), brume ect.... the style of king is very easy to read and each principal caracters of their books are so lovely and attachant... well, king is the king!!!!!
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Summary: Stephen King does it again.....couldn't put it down!
Review: Insomnia is an incredible book! It keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. You will find yourself reading 100 and 200 pages at a shot without so much as glancing up. It's a fantastic ride through horror with a touch of romance--something Stephen King is surprisingly good at! A "must read" for all King fans!
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Summary: KING AT HIS BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The book may have been long but it all paid off to a great story at the end. it was impossible to put down
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Summary: Insomnia - Proof that King is Human
Review: I think when Stephen King is at his best (Misery, The Green Mile, "Secret Window, Secret Garden," "The Last Rung on the Ladder," "The Man in the Black Suit"), he's very, very good. No need for apologies or qualifications -- when King is hitting on all cylinders, he's not just one of our best horror writers, he's one of our best living writers.
Having said that, I think Insomnia is the strongest evidence yet that King is also one of our most inconsistent writers. If I didn't know King has all the money in the world, I'd think he wrote this one for the paycheck; Insomnia reads like it was written entirely on autopilot.
That might've been okay; King on autopilot can still be quite good (The Dark Half, Pet Sematary, "The Langoliers"). But this is 800-plus pages of King on autopilot, and there's not an author alive today who can coast through that many pages.
Insomnia isn't boring, precisely. It's just terribly meandering and repetitive, with far too many characters and situations -- it has the same problems that plagued The Tommyknockers. An editor with the nerve to tell Stephen King his manuscript needs to be cut could've made Insomnia a good book. Not a great book -- there's too much wrong at the heart of Insomnia to be fixed by simply reining in the verbiage -- but a good one, at least. As it is, it's the worst King novel I've read. Fortunately, Insomnia seems to represent the calm before the storm of really good books that have recently blown in from the King factory. The Green Mile was terrific, and from most accounts, Desperation and The Regulators are both very good, too. But if you're like me, and you've noticed how wildly the quality of King's writing can vary, you'll give Insomnia a miss and go for those later novels
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Summary: A refreshing change!
Review: With most of Mr. King's books being horribly bloody and graphic, this book was a refreshing change. The length may put some people off, but if you loved the book, as I did, you are glad it is so long; you don't want it to end! Also, the characters are among the most developed that King has created in years. Insomnia is a wonderful story, and a fast read
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Summary: A must read for Stephen King fans!
Review: This complete novel in itself is an imaginitive, brilliant piece of science fiction. Combine it with the fact that it ties together "Rose Madder" and "The Dark Tower" series and you have an even greater appreciation for just how deep into his imagination King can travel. This novel is full of characters who are so real, you'd swear they were living right in your own neighborhood. King has really written something different here. If you choose to read it, do so with an open mind and be prepared to be taken on a vast journey into yet another albiet unique story about good vs. evil. To truly get the most enjoyment out of this book, I would recommend first reading: "Rose Madder", "The Dark Tower" series, and "Eyes of the Dragon". After reading these pre-requisites and "Insomnia" I'm sure you'll agree that King is really on to something special
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Summary: Long, but interesting!
Review: Ralph Roberts is a regular guy, except he has insomnia, following the slow death of his beloved wife. After a long time (with plenty of sleepless nights)he begins to see auras around people. Most are healthy looking, others look sickly and deadly. Without knowing it, he has messed in with "long-time business" and is now expected to save over 2,000 pro-abortion protesters from the nice chemist who used to live down the street from him, before he turned into a crazy wife-beater, by two mystical creatures, named Clotho and Lachesis. But the evil 3rd of the creatures, named Atropos (they are named after the Greek mythology characters the Fates)is doing everything to keep Ralph and his "lady-friend", Lois Chasse away from saving the protesters from Ed Deepneau... and his plane loaded with explosives. Once many of the lives are saved, Lois and Ralph are married and live happily until Atropos makes another appearance... and causes the sad, yet refreshing, ending
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Summary: I fell asleep in the first 100 pages
Review: Couldn't hold my interest. Too slow, boring. Pass it up - save your money for something you'll remember
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Summary: Another in the field of page-turning excellence!!
Review: What a switch from the usual Stephen King masterpiece! I was enthralled with the insight into characters and the lack of their morality. Definitely not a slow read, I finished it in one day, unable to put it down. This is a definite must read for any horror novel fan!!!
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Summary: King's book is a sure cure
Review: Having been a Stephen King fan for years, I have had the pleasure of witnessing his evolution from a writer of blatant horror stories to a chronicler of the struggle between good and evil. With Insomnia, King seems to have become stuck in a rut, albeit a prolific one. The formula for this book is a thinly veiled alteration of the same theme that has predominated King's recent overlength works. Unfortunately, even after sifting through the fluff and surviving the first several hundred pages, the end of the journey provided no rewards. Is this rut merely King's manifestation of writer's block? Will we be able to stay awake through his next work long enough to get an answer
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